Cabinet.



PATENTBD MAIL-z8, 1905.

C. P. ADAMS. CABINET.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 2a, 1003. RBNEWBD 00T. 2s. 1904.

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Attorney UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OEEicE.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '786,17 6, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed September 28,1903. Renewed October 28,1904. Serial No.230,425.

To @ZZ 1177x0711, 7115 Hefty concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cabinets forholding handbooks, envelops, papers, tickets, &c., but more particularlyadapted for holding duplicating account-books and pass-books used ingrocerystores and the like. y

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the constructionof cabinets or racks of this character, and thereby render them moredurable and convenient in use and less expensive to manufacture.

lV ith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will bemore fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical front to rear sectional viewthrough the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of thedivision units or sections.

Referring' to the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes an outer case,cabinet, or holder in the form of the rectangular box or casing havingan inclined bottom 2 and an open top, the upper edges 3 of the sides ofthe casing being inclined with reference to the perpendicular forwardl iand downward from its back simil lar to the bottom 2 of the casing. Thecasing may be constructed of any suitable material and of any desiredsize and is adapted to receive a number of removable inner division orcompartment units 4, which are arranged in both longitudinal andtransverse rows and which iit snugly within said casing. Said units orsections 4 may be made of sheet metal, stiff cardboard, or of anysuitable material, and each consists of a single piece of material,

preferably sheet-tin, bent over upon itself at its lower end and at eachside to form a pocket or compartment in which the sales or account booksare retained. Said pockets are preferably rectangular in cross sectionand are formed by bending the metal iirst in a forwardly direction atright angles to the body portion 5, thus producing the bottom 6, andsides 7 of the pocket, and then. bending it again at right angles toprovide the inwardlyprojecting flanges 8, which form the front of thepocket, the back of the same being formed by the body portion 5.

The units 4 are all of the same size and are placed in the box or casing1 in parallel tiers, as shown, the front flanges 8 of one unit engagingthe back 5 of the contiguous unit. Owing to the incline of the bottom 2of the box, each unit will project slightly above the adjoining unit atits front, thus facilitating the insertion and removal of the books orother articles in the pockets or compartments formed by the units.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying' drawings, the construction, use, and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood. It will be seen that thedivision-units are extremely simple and may be turned out very rapidlyand at a very small cost in a tin-stamping press. It will be furthernoted that by using these units either in a vertical or a horizontalposition a rectangular box havingalevel bottom and an open top or anopen side, which may be closed by a door, if so desired, or a holder ofany description may be quickly subdivided into pockets orcompartments,the units forming perfect partitions.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacriiieing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An outer case open on its upper side and having an inclined bottom, anda plurality of inner unit-cases in said outer case, projecting' abovethe open upper side thereof, and sup- IOO ported on the inclined bottomthereof in asl directly in Contact with one another, substan- I0 Cendingseries to display their upper portions, Said unit-eases beingindependently removable from the outer ease through the open upper sidethereof and each Comprising a wall or body portion having side andbottom portions projecting from one side thereofl and provided withiienges lying in a common plane parallel With said body portion, saidunit-eases being tially as described.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES P. ADAMS. Witnesses:

W. J. V. DEAooN, GERTRUDE ABBOTT.

